In particular, the CEF Telecom funding “supports projects of common interest that contribute to increasing the interoperability, connectivity and deployment of trans-European digital infrastructures across the EU, improving the daily life of citizens, businesses and public administrations, and thereby contributing to the development of a Digital Single Market. CEF Telecom has an overall budget of around €1 billion (2014-2020)” (CEF Telecom).

One of the funded areas is the area of Public Open Data. A total amount of €20.7 million will be invested in 11 proposals coming from 16 Member States “to achieve better services for citizens and public administrations, through the re-use of public-sector data, the creation of datasets usable in several countries, and greater high-performance computing (HPC) capacity” (CEF Telecom).